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Re:Medieval books reveal the extreme methods with which arti... by analog31 on Thursday February 16, 2017 @02:33PM (#13662842)
I don't remember the source, but apparently one of the many analyses of Stradivarius violins concluded that one of his red pigments was from the Americas.
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